DJ Stef Fest

Hey hey, happy 2024! Spring is round the corner and Drake’s Dealership is set to ramp up our Spring/Summer season with the return of our stellar crew of talented DJs every Friday and Saturday, and it all kicks off Saturday, March 16th with a very special event:

For folks that know the history of Drake’s Dealership, we started off in 2015 with a slate of DJs that included a local superstar within the hip-hop DJ community in Stephanie Ornelas aka DJ Stef, who hosted every 3rd Saturday afternoon at Dealership and built up an avid following of new fans and old heads that appreciated her approach to mixing classic and modern hip-hop, soul and funk, and helped solidify Dealership as a legit destination for music lovers of all stripes. In what came as a shock to everyone that knew her, Stef succumbed to a heart attack in the fall of 2017, leaving behind a stunned community that to this day miss her and the impact she held within Bay Area DJ culture. To honor her memory, friends and DJ-peers of Stef as well as Dealership DJ-regulars Toph One and Davoud will host the 1st annual DJ Stef Fest that will see a wide array of all-star DJs that will come spin tunes, share memories, and celebrate the legacy of an irreplaceable figure within the Bays DJ culture.

Catch up on DJ Stef’s history and impact with this excellent write up from Nastia Voynovskaya for KQED, which ends appropriately: “A tireless advocate of the arts who was eager to uplift those around her and make way for future generations. The Bay Area is better for her having been here, and she won’t be forgotten.” Damn right.